<![CDATA[Merge Page Number Overwriting for every page]]>Hi. We are using JSReport Single Exe file for PDF Generation. While we are trying to add a Page Number through "Merge", it's not working as expected.
Page Numbers are overlapping over one another (Like 3 over 2 over 1).

0_1682579870118_upload-7e9e9732-7036-4997-ad35-1bbc8d6b8981

The inputs are,

COMMAND:

jsreport render --request index.json --template.engine=ejs  --template.recipe=chrome-pdf  --template.content=./input/template/template.html --data=./input/data/data.json  --out=./output/output.pdf

index.json

{
  "template": {
    "engine": "ejs",
    "recipe": "chrome-pdf",
    "pdfOperations": [{
      "type": "merge",
      "template": {
        "engine": "ejs",
        "recipe": "chrome-pdf",
        "content": "<% function getPageNumber (pageIndex) { if (pageIndex == null) {return '';} const pageNumber = pageIndex + 1;return pageNumber;} %><html> <head> <style> * { box-sizing: border-box; } html, body { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } .main { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .footer { position: absolute; bottom: 0; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 20px; } </style> </head> <body> <% $pdf.pages.forEach(function(pdfPage,index) {  %> <% if(index != undefined){ %> <div style='page-break-before: always;'></div> <% } %> <main class='main'> <footer class='footer'> <span style='float: left'> Footer </span> <span style='float: right'>Page <%= getPageNumber(index) %></span> </footer> </main> <% }) %>  </body> </html>"
      }
    }]
  }
}

templaet.html

<h1><%= content1 %></h1>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content2 %></h1>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content3 %></h1>

Thanks in advance.

]]>https://forum.jsreport.net/topic/2781/merge-page-number-overwriting-for-every-pageRSS for NodeWed, 16 Sep 2026 14:51:19 GMTThu, 27 Apr 2023 07:21:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Merge Page Number Overwriting for every page on Invalid Date]]>Hi. We are using JSReport Single Exe file for PDF Generation. While we are trying to add a Page Number through "Merge", it's not working as expected.
Page Numbers are overlapping over one another (Like 3 over 2 over 1).

0_1682579870118_upload-7e9e9732-7036-4997-ad35-1bbc8d6b8981

The inputs are,

COMMAND:

jsreport render --request index.json --template.engine=ejs  --template.recipe=chrome-pdf  --template.content=./input/template/template.html --data=./input/data/data.json  --out=./output/output.pdf

index.json

{
  "template": {
    "engine": "ejs",
    "recipe": "chrome-pdf",
    "pdfOperations": [{
      "type": "merge",
      "template": {
        "engine": "ejs",
        "recipe": "chrome-pdf",
        "content": "<% function getPageNumber (pageIndex) { if (pageIndex == null) {return '';} const pageNumber = pageIndex + 1;return pageNumber;} %><html> <head> <style> * { box-sizing: border-box; } html, body { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } .main { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .footer { position: absolute; bottom: 0; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 20px; } </style> </head> <body> <% $pdf.pages.forEach(function(pdfPage,index) {  %> <% if(index != undefined){ %> <div style='page-break-before: always;'></div> <% } %> <main class='main'> <footer class='footer'> <span style='float: left'> Footer </span> <span style='float: right'>Page <%= getPageNumber(index) %></span> </footer> </main> <% }) %>  </body> </html>"
      }
    }]
  }
}

templaet.html

<h1><%= content1 %></h1>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content2 %></h1>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content3 %></h1>

Thanks in advance.

]]>https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12043https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12043Invalid Date<![CDATA[Reply to Merge Page Number Overwriting for every page on Invalid Date]]>It's because you set position:absolute in your footer, so it's absolute in the whole document, not in a specific page.
The content of merged template should look like this

<% function getPageNumber (pageIndex) { if (pageIndex == null) {return '';} const pageNumber = pageIndex + 1;return pageNumber;} %>
    <html>

    <head>
        <style>
            * {
                box-sizing: border-box;
            }

            html,
            body {
                margin: 0px;
                padding: 0px;
            }

            .main {
                display: flex;
                flex-direction: column;
                justify-content: space-between;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
            }

            .header {
              width: 100%;
              padding-top: 20px;             
            }

            .footer {                            
                width: 100%;
                padding-bottom: 20px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>

    <body>
        <% $pdf.pages.forEach(function(pdfPage,index) {  %>
            <% if(index != undefined){ %>
                <div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
                <% } %>
                    <main class='main'>
                        <header class='header'></header>
                        <footer class='footer'>
                            <span style='float: left'> Footer </span>
                            <span style='float: right'>Page
                                <%= getPageNumber(index) %>
                            </span>
                        </footer>
                    </main>
                    <% }) %>
    </body>

    </html>

Additionally you should set "mergeWholeDocument": true in the pdf operation

 "pdfOperations": [{
      "type": "merge",
      "mergeWholeDocument": true,
      "template": {
        "engine": "ejs",
        "recipe": "chrome-pdf",           
    }]
]]>https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12045https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12045Invalid Date<![CDATA[Reply to Merge Page Number Overwriting for every page on Invalid Date]]>Great, Thanks. It worked as expected and saved my day.

One more doubt. Is there a way to send data dynamically to the content inside pdfOperations same like main template?

I got to know pdfAddPageItem (https://playground.jsreport.net/w/admin/ihh7laK2) from this forum. But, It was not saving that.

template.content

<h1><%= content1 %></h1>
<% pdfAddPageItem(content1) %>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content2 %></h1>
<% pdfAddPageItem(content2) %>
<div style='page-break-before: always;'></div>
<h1><%= content3 %></h1>
<% pdfAddPageItem(content3) %>

The content of merged template will be like this

<% $pdf.pages.forEach(function(pdfPage,index) { console.log(pdfPage); } %>

There is no items inside even after saving
0_1682682086497_upload-76651a26-d9bd-4445-97ed-f15028f526d6

]]>https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12053https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12053Invalid Date<![CDATA[Reply to Merge Page Number Overwriting for every page on Invalid Date]]>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16183748/how-to-escape-html-in-node-js-ejs-view
ejs is probably escaping it, try using this

<%- pdfAddPageItem(content1) -%>

]]>https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12054https://forum.jsreport.net/post/12054Invalid Date